Coca-Cola achieved good results through investments

Business

COCA-Cola has described 2019 as a very good year.
General manager Philippe Mandoda said the good results were achieved through investments the company made.
“We ruled up our digits.
“In order to cope with the growth, we had to do a lot of investments,” Mandoda said.
“We invested into new production lines in the last 18 months.
“Even so, because of the performance last year, we will have to invest in a brand new line at the end of this year.
“So that’s creating more jobs and building employees’ capabilities.”
On the company’s highlights in 2019, Mandoda said much of the work was about consolidating the foundation which the company’s business values rested on.
“That meant working from within outwards, with our people, processes, systems and infrastructure,” he said.
“These included the consolidation of our supply chain with collaborative work with our partners.
“We had inaugurated a new PET line, the state-of-the-art beverage line that creates bottles from imported preforms, produces bottled product itself, does packaging of the product then palletises.
“We launched the Minute Maid Refresh, our first juice brand made in Papua New Guinea.
“We had revamped BU Energy drink to make it more affordable for our consumers and extended a new flavour to our Fanta fun portfolio with Fanta Strawberry.
“In terms of building the capability of our people, we had launched the supply chain training academy and sales training academy whilst introducing some internal activities to build engagement within the workplace.”